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Introduction

This hub was created shortly after the beginning of the 2003-2004 academic year, in response to the increasing difficulty of connecting to public peer-to-peer (p2p) networks, and the significant bandwidth throttling for such connections. Direct Connect (DC) was selected as the connection protocol due to the ability to maintain a private hub, and the hub server software is moderately easy to set up and maintain.

Registration

In order to maintain exclusive connections of UMN students, on the UMN DC network, we require that you register a username. To do this, please send an email, from your UMN email account, to auto_reg@umnp2p.com. PLEASE SEND ONLY ONE EMAIL. We assure you that your email address will only be used to contact you for administrative purposes, which includes emailing your password to you. It is critical that you use your real UMN email address, otherwise you will not receive your password, and will not be able to connect. If you do not receive an email, please check your spam folder.

We regretfully cannot extend our service to individuals living off-campus or those unable to access ResNet on a private computer. Accessing the UMNp2p program from a public computer is strictly forbidden, as those computers are closely monitored.

NOTE TO NEW USERS:

When you receive your password, it is critical that you never see it unobscured except inside your registration email.  If you see it in plain text (with the characters displayed) outside this registration email, you have done something wrong (such as putting the password in the wrong field of your hub client). The setup guides will tell you where to store your password.

Otherwise, if you absolutely know what you are doing, you may send your password with a command. (Only there should you be able to see your password in plain text.)

Please continue reading.  We thank you for your interest in the hub.

 

Once you are registered, follow the instructions in Windows Setup or Mac Setup depending on your operating system, in order to set up your hub client.

If you encounter any technical problems during registration or while using the hub clients, please check the FAQ.  If you do not see an answer to your question, send an email to help@umnp2p.com detailing your problem as much as possible.  If you are already connected to the hub, you may also pose a question to the general chat.